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Fairfield parade draws crowd to downtown Susan Hiland
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FAIRFIELD — The city’s downtown was packed Friday with families – and a few dogs – for this year’s Veterans Day Parade. “I come every year,” said veteran Tom Quinn of Fairfield. “I love it.” Quinn arrived with his family, including wife Ida, daughter Lynn Harris and great-granddaughter Hailey Colwels, 14. “The best part of today is the car wash,” Quinn said. “Because it’s free for veterans. But we also like to go to lunch after the parade.” Quinn joined the Air Force when he was 21 because he couldn’t find a job, he said. He served in the Air Force from 1958 to 1978, landing at Travis Air Force Base and staying to make Fairfield his home for nearly 50 years. “I was in a few of the parades,” he said. See Parade, Page A10
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andres Magana, left, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Castro wave to the crowd during the Veterans Day Parade in downtown Fairfield, Friday.
Speakers link past to future during bluebird ceremony on Mare Island Todd R. Hansen
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Fairfield Mayor Harry Price, left, honors retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Jesse Branch for his service in the miltiary in the Korean War and the Vietnam War during the Veterans Day ceremony at the Downtown Theatre in Fairfield, Friday.
Musical tribute begins Fairfield ceremonies Susan Hiland
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FAIRFIELD — Veterans Day just would not be the same without the musical talents of the Alive Music Orchestra leading off the day with a rousing musical concert at the Downtown Theatre. The band played oldies music from some of the biggest eras to a humble crowd Friday before the Veterans Day Parade. The annual ceremony was organized and hosted by the American Legion Reams Post 182 out of Suisun City. “We do this every year; I think it has been over 10 years now,” post member Mike Segala said. “We
MARE ISLAND — Four speakers at Friday’s Veterans Day celebration at the historic Mare Island Naval Cemetery reached into the past and pointed to the future. Their message was to never forget – not then, not now. Mayor Robert McConnell, U.S. Rep. John Garamendi, Rear Adm. Leonard C. “Butch” Dollaga and Delphine Metcalf-Foster, the past national commander
of the Disabled American Veterans, each spoke of remembering those who have served in uniform before, those who are serving now and the need to support those who will serve in the years to come. And always, remember the families of those service members, they said. Metcalf-Foster noted that service members, despite the “risk and sacrifices,” raised their hands to serve, while their families “shouldered the See Bluebird, Page A10
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Rear Adm. Leonard C. “Butch” Dollaga speaks at a Veterans Day event at the Mare Island Cemetery, in Vallejo, Friday.
Suisun honors veterans at the waterfront Susan Hiland
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SUISUN CITY — Veterans, families and those who may one day serve were welcomed for the second year Friday to the waterfront for an
afternoon of festivities to honor veterans on Veterans Day. Wanda Williams, a Suisun City councilwoman, served as emcee for the afternoon ceremony. Williams launched
this event last year. “The VFW Post 2333 came to me and asked if we couldn’t do something for the veterans because it had been a long time since we did something,”
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Williams said. Working with VFW Post 2333 Commander Darrol Prill and the veterans, they planned an event that includes
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